Scale and timing of rare Earth Element redistribution in the Taconian foreland of New England

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 885-897

  Bock, Barbara ^a   Hurowitz, J A ^a   McLennan, S M ^a   Hanson, G N ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nd isotope resetting; Provenance; Rare Earth Element redistribution; Taconian Orogeny; USA

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC ROCK; OROGENIC BELT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TACONIC OROGENY;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543120081     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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